The Business Times, 31 March 1998

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  • 17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85C SING P O H E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1998
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  • 66 1 □sra MttJ* (-5.37) BT-SM WL79 (-3.20) BTOOHP 1,***** (-11.41) BTMGA ***** (-5.52) nMUtKETMOGD: U Mixed STOCK MARKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COMP 722.96 -4.66 NIKKEI -476.22 HANG SENG 11,503.76 231.74 SET INDEX ***** -4.76 JAKARTA OOMP 541.42 -0.68 MANILA COMP _i***** -27.86 TAIPEI Wn 9.088.96 -6.87 SEOUL COMP
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  • 79 1 FOIEZ SATES USI s» CSS 1.591 £(US$/S$ per S) 11.681 2.675 DM 1.834 0.868 YEN 131.7 1508* M$ ***** 0.442 HKS 7.747 0.206 BAHT 3822 0.042 RLP1AH 8,600 0019* •St to 100 units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 7.81 BJALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA .28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA 12.99 HONG KONG 10.25
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  • 527 1  -  New budget IDD calls up to 30% cheaper; rates for other international services also cut By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) yesterday announced that it will introduce budget international calls at up to 30 per cent cheaper than its
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  • 714 1  -  Fall in industrial output also adds to disappointment over stimulus package From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices plunged and the yen fell to a new low against the US dollar yesterday as financial markets delivered a damning verdict on the Japanese
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  • 402 1  -  Prime rents now average $3.50 psf per month By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPOREJ A 2,100 sq ft condominium at the luxurious Four Seasons Park, which was rented out at $14,000 a month previously, now has an asking rental of $12,000, said senior
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  • 1057 1  -  Prices of handphones dive to about 30% below cost Ity' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE) A year after Singapore's mobile communications market was liberalised, the retail market for telecommunications equipment has been turned on its head. Small telecommunications equipment retailers are in danger of being
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    • 150 1 HHBPB £Ls7m equity stamp The stock market slump punched a $157 m hole in Straits Trading's massive equity portfolio. The investment company yesterday said the regional financial crisis resulted in a sharp and sudden depreciation of its asset values after September 1997, Pglfi CttyDev profit dvwn 24% City Developments yesterday
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    • 7 1 Telecoms liberalisation: One year on, Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 536 2  -  Plans to liberalise financial services don't highlight their problems, they say By\ Catherine Ong THE government's ongoing effort to reform Singapore's financial sector has left a small but growing part of the fund management industry feeling like Cinderella poor, unloved and left
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    • 352 2  -  By. David Boey EDDIE Teo, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, heads this year's Administrative Service promotions, moving from Superscale A to Staff Grade I. Mr Teo, 50, is one of four permanent secretaries who have been promoted into or
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    • 335 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Prices By. Audrey Tan THE current slump in world oil prices will likely continue to ease inflationary pressures in Singapore's domestic supply market, latest figures from the Department of Statistics (DOS) suggest. Singapore's domestic supply price in- dex stayed flat
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    • 285 2 NATIONAL Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang, who will also become Second Minister for Finance from tomorrow. said yesterday he will be working on promoting Singapore as a business centre in his new portfolio. Speaking after viewing the latest public housing development
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    • 333 3  -  Analysts point to interbank rates staying below 5% for past few days Clarissa Tan THE three main rivals of DBS Bank may be persuaded to cut their prime rates soon, as interbank rates prove sceptics wrong with their downward spiral. Analysts
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    • 261 3 POSBANK is spending $45,000 yearly to open a savings account for primary one school kids, the bank announced yesterday. The national savings bank's aggressive campaign to go after young savers has so far garnered it over 170,000 savers aged between
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    • 328 3  -  By Christopher Tan SINGAPORE could eventually have about 100 electroni-cally-priced roads three times the number that will be controlled from September. "The system can cater for up to 100 gantries or so," Land Transport Authority senior manager of traffic and road management A P
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    • 277 3  -  By 1 Toh Han Shih AVAILABLE now a device that allows a salesperson or waiter to process your credit card electronically in front of you, and transmit the data wirelessly to the central payment system. Called the Interactive Customer Equipment (ICE),
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  • TELECOMS LIBERALISATION: ONE YEAR ON
    • 1119 4  -  The start of Singapore's telecoms liberalisation has proved a boon for both consumers and operators alike By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] IT's been a bumper year for the mobile phone industry in Singapore. One year after the liberalisation of the industry, there are now close to
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    • 765 4 While new operators carve markets, subscriber base may have hit saturation [SINGAPORE] Despite the already high paging penetration in Singapore, the new paging operators still managed to carve out sizable markets for themselves, with each player adopting a slight ly different strategy. The
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    • 573 4 [SINGAPORE] One dollar handphones, anyone? That could well be the case in Singapore in the not too distant future as the cellular phone market liberalises further. "Yes, it is possible," Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) directorgeneral Leong Keng Thai told BT in an exclusive interview.
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 703 6  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMM If bids for biggest state land sale In recent years foil below expectations, there'll be many repercussions By Lee Han Shih WRAPPED in their own economic worries, most people in Singapore either do not know or do not care
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    • 641 6  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR D J Lawrence Managing Director Marco Polo Developments I refer to Abdul Hadhi's article on the front page of BT yesterday ("Ardmore Park unit sold for 29% below '97 prices"). Your property journalists are of course entitled to their own
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    • 221 6 WE disagree that the only correct comparison is with the original price of the unit. Here are the relevant figures for readers to judge: (a) Original 1996 sale price of the unit: 11,702 psf; (b) Average original sale price of all Ardmore Park units: $1,864 psf; (c)
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    • 136 6 (SINGAPORE] The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is set to give Circular Road at Boat Quay a new look by early 1999. URA has pumped $523,000 into this project. Work will begin on Thursday to widen and pave the sidewalks on both sides
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    • 656 6 POSTAL STKETCSTATt RENTAL LAND 0UK.THN NO OF OCT -6$) (SOFT) (SOFT) BEORMS Landed Property BUNGALOW 2057 Windsor Pk 7000 4300 4200 CORNER TERRACE 2880 Cactus 3000 2260 6 SEM-D 0923 BroadrickRd 4200 7500 '3600 5+1 1545 Greenfield Or 6200 5000 3200 5 2880 JnLekub 814 3300 1500 3
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
    • 273 7 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Premier Chuan Leekpai is feted by the West as a reformer but will warn at this week's Asia-Eu-rope Meeting (Asem) that he is not yet ready to carry out unlimited restructuring. Globalisation and market liberalisation were the maxims which helped
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    • 135 7 Reuters [MANILA] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting 2.5 per cent GDP growth for the Philippines, documents released by the Department of Finance yesterday showed. The IMF projected growth rate is lower than the 5.1 per cent registered last year. The forecast was scaled
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    • 535 7  -  Govt intends to sell shares in at least 12 state firms by June as part of IMF plan Froni S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Indonesian government has received several offers from foreign companies keen on buying equity in listed
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    • 590 7 Premier says he will be flexible with measures to take AFP (TOKYO) Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto signalled yesterday that he may finally bow to intense international pressure and cut income taxes. "Considering the present occasion, I will be flexible with measures
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    • 47 7 [TOKYOI A businessman on a bicycle yesterday passing under a price board showing the day's decline on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Share prices closed at 16,263.04p0int5, 476.22p0ints down from Friday's close, as enthusiasm over the government's planned economic package dwindled. AFP
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    • 520 7 Liberalisation to take effect this week; govt will also lift forex restrictions [SEOUL] South Korea yesterday unveiled a liberalisation package allowing foreign banks and securities firms a freer hand to enter the country, the Finance and Economy Ministry said. The package,
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    • 229 7 Holbrooke sends letter of apology to president, says Fuad Bernama, AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Former US assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs Richard Holbrooke has apologised to President Suharto for criticising his handling of the Indonesian economy, accord ing to Finance Minister
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 447 8 KUALA LUMPUR The 14, said to be from Aceh, asking UNHCR to stop their deportation Reuters, AFP FOURTEEN Indonesian illegal immigrants rammed a lorry through a gate of the UN refugee agency here yesterday seeking protection from deportation, the head of the
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    • 308 8 MANILA He's been stalking president during provincial visits, say police AFP PHILIPPINE security forces have launched a manhunt for a suspected hired assassin who has been stalking President Fidel Ramos, police said yesterday. The suspect "has been stalking the president during his
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    • 341 8 PHNOMPENH He promises to cooperate with govt, rebuild his party Reuters CAMBODIA'S ousted co-pre-mier Prince Norodom Ranar iddh returned to Phnom Penh yesterday, promising to cooperate with the authorities and to rebuild his political party in the run-up to July polls.
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    • 223 8 MANILA AFP MANAGEMENT officials and labour union leaders of 250 Philippine companies have agreed to suspend strikes and hold back on lay-offs to help both sides survive the Asian financial crisis, Trade Secretary Cesar Bautista said yesterday. Management and staff of companies
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    • 191 8 BANGKOK AFP THE seizure by Thai police of 160 allegedly smuggled cars is seen here as a sign of the country's powerful elite's growing penchant for the cheap imports, a report said yesterday. Police and customs officers have netted scores of Mercedes, BMWs,
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 402 9 HONGKONG New links forged to create economic power-house around Pearl River delta Reuters HONGKONG launched new links with China's dynamic Guangdong province yesterday to foster economic integration and create a combined economic power-house around the Pearl River delta. Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa inaugurated a
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    • 488 9 BEIJING Plan to abolish subsidised rented housing in May; move stirring discontent AFP CHINA will launch ambitious reforms in May to abolish the system of subsidised rented housing which is one of the last vestiges of communist economics, the official China Daily reported yesterday.
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    • 163 9 BEIJING AFP FRENCH Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Jacques Dondoux yesterday praised China's "courageous" economic and administrative reforms. Speaking on the first day of a five-day trip, Mr Dondoux hailed "the courageous reforms carried out by the Chinese authorities and Prime Minister Zhu
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    • 113 9 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S State Statistical Bureau last year uncovered more than 60,000 "irregularities" in data supplied by official bodies or businesses, the People's Court Daily said yesterday. In 57 per cent of cases, the figures were deliberately falsified, incomplete or distorted. In 18 per cent of cases,
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    • 361 9 BEIJING Shared ownership and management will help to revitalise industry: official AFP CHINA is set to introduce shared ownership and joint Chinese-foreign management into its airports in hopes of revitalising the heavily debtridden industry, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Xia Xinghua, a
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  • ASIA
    • 245 10 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korean prosecutors yesterday called for an extra six-year prison sentence for the found or of the failed Hanbo Group. The Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office said additional jail time was sought for Chung Tae Soo on charges of bribery. The 74-year-old
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    • 379 10 TOKYO Commissions on large deals to be freed up from tomorrow AFP JAPAN's once-mighty brokerage houses will fight a life-or-death battle as income from critical commissions drops as Tokyo launches "Big Bang" this week. The government is to lift regulations from April 1
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    • 412 10 WELLINGTON Economists confident about NZ economy; Treasurer promises significant budget Reuters NEW Zealand's economic growth has slowed to its lowest annual rate for over four years, but data published yesterday showed the economy was far from falling into a black hole
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    • 147 10 COLOMBO AFP SRI Lanka yesterday began transferring a 10 per cent stake in privatised plantations to 200,000 workers. Plantations Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake gave workers share certificates in a ceremony to mark the issue. Officials said 186,770 workers in 13 tea, rubber and coconut companies
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    • 226 10 TOKYO Finance ministry hearing to decide on action against firm AFP [TOKYO] Japan's third largest brokerage, Nikko Securities Co Ltd, yesterday admitted paying off a ruling party lawmaker, Shokei Arai, who hanged himself last month. "Some employees at Nikko were actually involved in illegal
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    • 39 10 [DHAKA] Bangladeshi traders bringing boatloads of watermelons to Dhaka from villages far away as summer begins. The sweet, juicy melons are in demand during the season as it helps millions of people quench their thirst. REUTERS
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    • 172 10 ■SEOUL Samyang and Taegu merchant banks found non-viable AFP SOUTH Korea has decided to revoke the business licences of Samyang Merchant Banking Corp and Taegu Merchant Banking Corp, the Finance and Economy Ministry said yesterday. The two merchant banks, whose operations have been suspended, have
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  • THE WORLD
    • 527 11  -  No action on rates expected bat there's still plenty of nervousness From Andrew Marks in New York WALL Street analysts are expecting US stock markets to regain their bullish ways this week, but say most investors will probably wait for the
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    • 347 11 LONDON Initiative by govt could be too late, say some experts Reuters BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday launched a plan to recruit an army of "bug busters" to tackle the problem of the computer millennium bug but some experts said the initiative
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    • 547 11 MOSCOW Chernomyrdin's decision to run fits in with Kremlin views Reuters BORIS Yeltsin yesterday said he would not run in Russia's next presidential election but stopped well short of anointing ex-prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin his successor-in-waiting. In his first comments on
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    • 195 11 LONDON Reuters BRITISH management buyouts and buyins reached a record value of £5.25 billion (Ssl4 billion) in the first three months of 1998, according to a study released yesterday by the Centre for Management Buyout Research. The first quarter figure exceeded the total for the
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    • 427 11 BRUSSELS FT AN assault on Europe's black economy is being planned within the European Commission amid estimates that up to 28 million people are failing to declare jobs to tax authorities. Padraig Flynn, the European Union's employment commissioner, wants a
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    • 349 11 DUBAI AFP THE United Arab Emirates (UAE), barely recovered from the BCCI collapse, has been hit by a fresh fraud allegedly of more than US$5O million (5579.5 million) at an Islamic bank, banking sources said yesterday. Depositors have formed large queues in a
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 782 12  -  THE BOTTOM ZJME OPINION By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THERE was something eerie and even slightly scary about the way in which senior Asian financial officials meeting in Tokyo last week intoned praises for the International Monetary Fund's handling
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    • 135 12 'Everything is in gear. If it doesn't happen today, it's going to happen soon. What's significant is the direction of the market, which is up.' r -DonFredell trader at American Express Financial Advisors, who expects the Dow Jones Industrial Average to reach 9000. 'Four years ago, the
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    • 609 12 EDITORIAL THE relative buoyancy in the Jakarta stockmarket and the rupiah since early this month must come like a breath of fresh air for the battered Indonesian economy. Though there is strong evidence to suggest that the Indonesian economy is contracting rapidly, the new cabinet's
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    • 1187 12  -  African tour is in the tradition of US presidents who travel abroad to avoid troubles at home By'. Leon Radar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent SOME pundits in Washington are comparing the gruelling 12-day tour by US President Bill Clinton in subSaharan Africa to former
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    • 909 12 Pot gwwl SOME statements issued by Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) leaders over the past few days have brought a welcome whiff of fresh air to the crisis-burdened atmosphere. It is not so much because the statements appear to suggest growing room for free expression in Indonesia
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 714 13 TV&RADIO 10 4.00 News 6 Today followed News Express. by Afternnon At The 12.55 Orange Road. 2.30 PM TV Innovations. Movies. L2O Egg vs Rock. 4.00 Kidz Blitz: Alf Tales I. 5.00 News 5 Today followed L4O Lives Performances. 4-30 Classic Speed Racer by Mot (Cartoon). 2.00 TV Innovations. (Last
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 478 14  -  Index down 3% amid continuing uncertainty, says vsn sseemzvasah VEN SREENIVASAN THE membership prices of social and recreational clubs seem to be going the way of golf clubs, judging by the March BT Social Clubs index. The seven-club index hit its lowest level ever this
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    • 1060 14 TENNIS His win over Agassi in the final of Lipton Championships ends Sampras' 102-week reign LAT-WP (KEY BISCAYNE, Florida] Marcelo Rios used his tennis racket like a magic wand, directing none other than Andre Agassi around the court at will on Sunday. And,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 591 15  -  Profit 28% below consensus forecast; company says results more than satisfactory By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] City Developments Ltd yesterday declared a near 24 per cent drop in net profits to $409.2 million and said performance was "more than satisfactory" given the trying
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    • 223 15 [SINGAPORE] Ong Beng Seng's listed Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has sold off its interests in Hotel Pennsylvania on New York's Seventh Avenue and in the hotel's management company, for U5522.2 million (5535.3 million). Through wholly-owned subsidiary Leisure Venture Holdings, HPL owned 40 per cent
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    • 160 15 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed electronics distributor Flextech Holdings yesterday proposed a one-for-five bonus share issue to help enable it to meet the minimum share capital requirement to transfer its shares to the mainboard. The company said it was planning to apply to the Stock Exchange of Singapore
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    • 744 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jenny Lam TWO healthcare-related companies Parkway Holdings and Asiamatrix have been in the spotlight lately because of takeover speculation. Mainboard-listed Parkway Holdings saw its shares rallying strongly last week partly on renewed talk of a potential takeover by
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    • 301 15  -  By: David Boey [SINGAPORE] The stock market slump punched a $157 million hole in Straits Trading's massive equity portfolio. The investment firm yesterday said the regional financial crisis resulted in a sharp and sudden depreciation of its asset values after September 1997. As a result,
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    • 490 15  -  Group expects HE business to improve in near future Jenny Lam [SINGAPOREI Raffles Medical Group (RMG) listed on Sesdaq a year ago yesterday reported flat net earnings of $3.74 million in its maiden full-year results for 1997. Despite a 32.4 per
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    • COMPANIES
      • 340 16  -  Sabah Shipyard says it has found suspected false invoices from former associate Wing Tiek FYotti Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur WESTMONT Industries yesterday announced that its marine engineering unit, Sabah Shipyard Sdn Bhd, had lodged a police report after discovering suspected false invoices
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      • 135 16 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Intel Corp, the world's biggest microcomputer components manufacturer, will invest as much as US$l billion (Ssl.6 billion) in South Korea this year in products and services, its president said yesterday. But Craig Barrett, at a press conference, would not
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      • 382 16 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong's Hopewell Holdings Ltd will go ahead with its Indonesian power plant project despite the economic turmoil in that country, a senior executive said yesterday. "We are proceeding cautiously with our Tanjung Jati B project," executive director Robert
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      • 130 16 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's New World Development Co Ltd said yesterday that profits rose 0.5 per cent to HK$2.2 billion (*****.4 million) in the six months to December. The territory's leading property developer said its share of profits from associate companies was HK5391.6 million,
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      • 343 16  -  By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Goldtron Limited's earnings fell 68 per cent to $7.34 million in 1997, after the expected turnaround in the electronics sector did not materialise. Hit by the regional economic uncertainty, the group is consolidating its business activities. The investment holding
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      • 683 16 Some deals may be unveiled today, but no closures seen Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia's deadline today for merger agreements among finance companies is likely to come and go without action against companies that have failed to join forces. That's the message from
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      • 561 16  -  Sole defendant in one suit, 2nd defendant in seven others From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur TEONG Teck Leng, chief executive officer of publiclyquoted Kuala Lumpur Industries Holdings Bhd (KLIH), has been sued by Klang-based Amsteel Securities Sdn Bhd over alleged contra losses.
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      • 364 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Arab-Ma-laysian Finance Bhd (AMFB) has received Bank Negara's approval to proceed with negotiations for the acquisition of Abrar Finance Bhd, Advance Finance Bhd and SimeFinance Bhd. In a statement, AMFB said the proposed exercise will involve the acquisition of the assets
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 200 16 [SINGAPORE] IMM Multi-Enterprise Ltd (IME) yesterday signed a deal to sell to Best Denki Co its 66.7 per cent interest in Yaohan Best Electrical Pte Ltd (YBE) for Ssl6 million cash. The sale, to be completed on May 26, is subject to
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        • 90 16 [SINGAPORE] SM Summit Holdings yesterday said the Attorney-General's Chambers has announced that no charges have been levelled at them following the raid on their premises last August. It also ordered all the items seized during the raid to be returned to them. Summit
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        • 152 16 [SINGAPORE] Koh Brothers Group yesterday reported a 17 per cent lower net profit of $7.4 million despite a 51 per cent jump in turnover to $377 million. For the period ended Dec 31, it made an extraordinary gain of $5.1 million arising from the listing
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        • 76 16 [SINGAPORE] Slowdown in the electronics sector and falling orders saw Omni Mold recording a net loss of $1.97 million for the year ended Dec 31, compared to earnings of $1.07 million in 1996. Turnover fell 33 per cent to $11.56 million. The company expects
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        • 60 16 [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Holdings' profit plunged 71 per cent to $2.6 million for the six months ended Dec 31 on an almost flat turnover of $148.6 million. Earnings per share after accounting for a one-for-five bonus issue fell to 0.69 cents from 2.30 cents
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        • 59 16 [SINGAPORE] Nobel Design Holdings yesterday posted a 72 per cent drop in net earnings to $731,000. Turnover rose 26 per cent to $48.4 million. Earnings per share fell to 0.73 cent from 3.22 cents. Net tangible asset was 13.56 cents from 13.58 cents. No
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        • 56 16 [SINGAPORE] Kian Ho Bearings has reported a 65 per cent fall in net profit to $1.8 million on a 6 per cent slide in sales to $65.6 million. Earnings per share fell to 1.14 cents from 3.28 cents while net tangible asset also fell
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        • 109 16 [SINGAPORE] Liang Huat Aluminium rewarded shareholders with a one-for-one 20th anniversary bonus issue after unveiling a fourfold increase in net profit to $2.14 million yesterday (from $420,000 previously). Group revenues were up 16.9 per cent to $123 million for the year ended Dec 31,
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        • 108 16 [SINGAPORE] Compact Metal Industries lifted net profit by 366 per cent to $5.86 million for the year ended Dec 31, on revenues which were up 41 per cent to $130.85 million. The improved performance was due to a combination of higher turnover and lower
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        • 86 16 [SINGAPORE] SMB United yesterday reported revenues of $60.44 million (up 13.5 per cent), and a bottom line profit of $9.66 million (up 2.64 per cent). Applying the brakes to profit growth during the year, said the company, was the group's trading operations, as well as
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        • 105 16 [SINGAPORE] Twinwood Engineering has posted a 126 per cent increase in net earnings to $5.62 million for the year ended Dec 31, on revenues which were 25 per cent ahead at $20.87 million. The final sales outcome was down 5.7 per cent on forecast, said
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      • 77 16 Corrections clarifications IN our report of Sembawang Corporation's results last Saturday, we said taxes went up by 16 per cent to $45 million for the year ended Dec 31,1997. Taxes in fact fell by 16 per cent to $45 million. Also, group pre-tax profit dipped to $94 million from $95
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 430 17 Speed of deal takes analysts by surprise; no major car names remain in British hands after the sale AFP [LONDON] BMW of Germany is to buy the luxury car makers Rolls-Royce and Bentley for £340 million (Ss9o9 million), the owner of the
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      • 361 17 AFX-Asia [LONDON] HSBC Holdings said it has reached an agreement in principle with Canary Wharf Ltd to develop a new headquarters building in Canary Wharf with construction costs of £500 million (Ssl.3 billion). The new building will enable the HSBC
        AFX-Asia  -  361 words
      • 486 17 £666 m offer seen beating NTL's reported £445 m bid Reuters [LONDON] Britain's secondbiggest cable company, Telewest Communications pic, looked set to clinch its bid for General Cable pic, beating rival NTL to the punch, analysts said yesterday. Telewest said over the
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      • 293 17 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's oldest brokerage Yamaichi Securities Co Ltd closes its doors for the last time today, as it shuts down in disgrace. Yamaichi was the country's fourth largest brokerage and one of its most prestigious until it filed for bankruptcy last November,
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      • 227 17 Bloomberg (LONDON] Bacardi Corp is expected to buy the Dewar's whisky and Bombay gin brands from Diageo pic for more than £1.1 billion (552.9 billion) in cash, people familiar with the situation said, giving Bacardi a foothold in the multibillion-dollar gin
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      • 336 17 Dutch-based global telecoms group eyeing NYSE issue FT [LONDON! Sita Telecommunications Holdings (STH), a global telecoms group, is considering a stock market listing likely to value the group at more than US$l.5 billion (552.4 billion). STH is a Dutch-based holding group
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      • 307 17 Second big boy this year for ICI which is oat to expand specialty chemicals Bloomberg ILONDON) Imperial Chemical Industries pic, the UK's biggest chemical company, agreed yesterday to buy Acheson Industries Inc for US$56O million (*****.4 million) in cash to expand its
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      • 236 17 Reuters [LONDON] British lubricants and chemicals group Burmah Castrol, posting an 8 per cent increase in annual profits, said it planned to return at least £250 million (Ss66B million) to shareholders. The group said that implementation is likely some time after advance corporation
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      • 347 17 It focuses on games, game shows; draws revenue from ads Reuters [NEW YORK] Drawing on its electronics and entertainment expertise, Sony Corp has formed a new US unit focused solely on Internet entertainment projects, company executives said. Sony Online Entertainment Inc, will bring together
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 491 18 Higher lending, fee income and strong reserves will cushion losses from Asia Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US banking earnings are expected to rise as much as 12 per cent to about US$l6.5 billion (5526.2 billion) in the first quarter, fuelled by increased
        Bloomberg  -  491 words
      • 411 18  -  New fond aims for growth through global equities, bonds By\ Shiv Taneja BLUE chip investment manager Schroders yesterday announced the launch of Singapore's first international balanced fund, which seeks to capitalise on the growth of equities and stable fixed income securities. The Singapore
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      • 150 18 AFP [SHANGHAI] China Construction Bank (CCB) has opened its first overseas branch in Singapore, becoming the sixth Chinese bank to do so, a news report said yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily said the move showed that Chinese banks were confident of the prospects
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      • 199 18 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Internasional Indonesia and PT Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia, two of Indonesia's largest banks, said they're still working on their plan to merge, which they announced more than two months ago. In a statement to the Jakarta Stock Exchange, Bank Internasional
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      • 215 18 Reuters [LONDON] British insurance company London and Manchester Group pic yesterday reported a 21 per cent increase in its annual dividend and promised to enhance the amount it would normally pay by 2.5 pence for the next four years to reflect its capital
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      • 215 18 SSMELReport Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures gained from a sharp drop in Tokyo stocks yesterday, though dealers said trade was muted a day before the end of the Japanese fiscal year. "There's a lot of booksquaring for the financial
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      • 157 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh Cecilia boh, service dealer, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures tumbled 1.70 points. The March futures saw good seUing volume from Taiwan retailers through Pru-dential-Bache Futures and Sassoon Financial Futures, with Ong First Chicago Futures
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      • 296 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [VIENNA] Opec producers bewailing shrunken revenues were to meet yesterday to seal output cuts crafted with other exporters to pull unwanted crude from glutted markets so as to revive prices. The cartel responsible for 40 per cent of
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      • 294 18 AFP, Reuters London STERLING hit its highest level against the mark since September 1989 late yesterday at 3.0983 marks, still buoyed by speculation about a new increase of British interest rates and also helped by the US dollar's strength, operators said. The pound traded at 1600 GMT at
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        1182 18 OTTERBAirK CROSS RATES Mar 30 A$ C$ CCM Ftr P» HK> Yw Ww Mi HZ$Nfcto H* S$ U* Sir m$ WNwi «S$ Australia 0.945 6.178 0.615 4.095 1222 5.164 ***** 97.332 0-878 9.223 2.400 1.199 29.499 ***** 1061 1321 1002 ***** ***** 0397 0367 Canada 1.059 5.858 0391 4339 1294
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    • 1662 19 S1C0M FUTURES Mar.m lUWtt Omwi$ deiee < SJOpB) ISS1 COifTIACT(S c«rtsAf) Close Vofaoe Open Wrnm HtqjN Low Sett ggMrt Interest Apr 98 1V4.25 400 May 98 116.00 115.25 115.75 250 2100 Jan 98 119.00 3150 JoVSep 98 125.75 124.50 125.25 1200 4995 0ct/ltac 98 ***** 5025 Jan/Mar 99
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    • 1644 19 Bloomberg Q Nikkei 225 -***** JAPAN'S benchmark stock index plunged to its lowest level in five weeks in anticipation the government will fail to meet its goal of pulling the market up to 18,000 for year-end book closing today. Leading politicians have called for the government to support the
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    • 2350 19 lOttTKEH hMitab Mar JO Peace *h 31 Group 585*000 -8.000 AB Ports 373.000 unch Abbey National 057.000 -27.000 Allied Domecq 585.400 -1.600 Anvec 155.000 -1000 Asda Group 195.200 1-200 BAT tod 610.400 2.400 BG Pie 310.000 unch BKX 148.000 -2.000 BOC Group 982.000 -12.000 BR Petroleum 882.000
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      1529 20 Reuters QlbmgSeng -23L74 HONGKONG stocks kicked off the week on a firm note yesterday but slid into the red in the afternoon to close sharply lower, with investors starting to take profits and with limited upside in sight, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index lost 231.74 points, or 1.97
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      632 20 Reuters Q Shenzhen B Index *0.07 SHENZHEN'S domestic A Share Index ended up steeply yesterday, buoyed by strong demand for utilities stocks, expected to benefit most from China's latest bank interest cut, analysts said. The A Index rose 11.1 points, or 2.8 per cent, to 406.89 as turnover swelled
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    • 364 20 AFP □WPlndo fl TAIWAN stocks closed weaker yesterday as investors turned cautious over gains last week and reports that the authorities would allow credit trading on the over-the-counter market, dealers said. "Investors chose to step to the sidelines as they felt risks were growing after last week's gains," Liao
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    • 252 20 AFP n Wellington -37.79 RISING interest rates led to a 1.6 per cent fall in the New Zealand stock exchange yesterday, dealers said. "Stocks weakened across the board," said Tim Roller at Merrill Lynch. The NZSE-40 was down 37.79 points to 2,303.12 on turnover of NZ5119.6 million. Mar 30
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    • Article, Illustration
      801 20 AFP □SETladei -4.76 SHARE prices ended weaker yesterday ahead of the release of key monthly economic data and new regulations for the troubled banking sector, dealers said. Analysts said Bangkok Bank and Thai Farmers Bank accounted for about 20 per cent of the selling on the local bourse. The
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    • 403 20 AFP C 3 Composite Index -1193 SHARE prices closed 2.8 per cent down on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday, weakened by an SBC Warburg report warning of further debt repayment problems expected in June, dealers said. The Composite Index closed down 13.93 points at 482.33, off a low of
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    • 598 20 AFP CI AD Ordinaries -2L7 SHARES fell 0.8 per cent yesterday as a result of a slump in the price of resource leader BHP, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's key All Ordinaries Index ended 21.7 points lower at 2,741.0. The All Industrials Index fell 45.1 points to 4,695.8,
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      702 20 AFP Q Composite Index -&68 JAKARTA shares closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking in late trade in anticipation of a government announcement on economic reforms soon, dealers said. "I think some people were just taking new positions late in the afternoon in anticipation of any good news
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    • 318 20 AFP Manila -27.86 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday as investors unwound positions ahead of the long Lenten holidays. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index fell 27.86 points to 2,273.80. Volume fell to 1.4 billion shares worth 1.2 billion pesos compared to 2,321 billion shares worth 2,209
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 408 21 AFP n Composite Index -4.66 MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday in thin trade on a lack of fresh leads ahead of the deadline for finance company mergers. "There has been no news to move the market. Most were sidelined
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      • 8863 21 MDUSTRtALS ConsMMr pfOAKtS 199# Last Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Soto OOO High Low P/I Jmil 310 180 Ajinomoto 270 14.9 109.4 148 73 Angkasa 116 -7 5 121 116 2.7 171.0 290 123 Apollo Food Hlg 212 6.2 84 8 388 190 BerjayaLand 374 -6 49 380
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3569 22 BOMBS, LOANS ft VABBAMTS Wt 1997/98 Last Vol Day Last Quota A»g High Law Stno Cow# any Sala *ar- COOO) High Law Buyar Sallar Prtea 68 9 m 3000 m AMOB c5.5******6 18 16 18 at 8 3160 'Acer ******1 USS 15.5 -0.5 11 16 15.5 14.5 15.5 131 8.5
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      • 194 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy BUYING time is one of the most important considerations for a risk-averse investor who wants to participate in warrants. This is because the chances of making money or minimising losses are maximised. As long as there's time left,
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    • 2344 22 Transaction date Mar 30 j MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Of 1997/96 Last Vol Day Last Ouata Mv Mv YM Net M Cap W0> Law Stno Coaym, Sale fOOO) H>» Lorn Buyer Whf Co W Smd 478 28 ms 5000 AISBSOc 96 -5 323 WO 95 95-5 96.5 5.0 3J
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    • 6628 23 Transaction date: Mar 30 Cr Or M Wt IMT/M Lilt Vol Day Last Owtl Wv W* YM N«rt Cap A»J High Low StNo Company Sala COOO> High Law Buy* *•<*' CMr P/I $mtl Prlca industrials 157 18.5 1020 ACE Dynamic l60c... 37 -1 220
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    • 1225 23 Cr Or M Wt 1997/98 Lilt Val Day Last Ow<l Otv Mv Yld Nat Cap A vg Mm L— MMp Company Mi COOP) MNI> Um Bmyur ttUr Cw Pfl W Ww 186 76 a 2000 ABRHIdgsSc 116 100 115 3.0 6.0 0.1 165.7 51.6 115 448 76 2049 AS
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 214 24 Stocks Volume •Uniphoenix 12,742,000 •Renonq Bhd 50c 8,735,000 "M Resources 7,215.000 •MBf Capital 7,052,000 Easyknit HKIOc 6,336,000 •Rekapacific Bh 5,780,000 HK land USIOc 5,246,000 Rolv IntUSIOc 5,154,000 •Pub Bk Foreiqn 5,066,000 Osprey M 4,537,000 Stocks SIA Foreign 21,492,508 OBS Foreiqn 14,786,900 SingTel 15c 12,623,566 OCBC Foreiqn 10,665,495 "Uniphoenix 9,231,410 Keppel
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        64 24  -  -by Shiv Taneja OSPREY Maritime closed three-and-a-half cents lower yesterday at 92.5 cents on volume of 2.453 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 3.35 million units. In the near term, the counter will come under further selling pressure. The daily RSI and Stochastics are calling
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      • 640 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Large number of earnings disappointments said to have weighed down prices; in Malaysia, slow decline continues By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Just as most market players predicted at the end of last week, the lack of decent incentives to buy in
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 163 24 WILLIAM Overholt, one of Hongkong's most quoted commentators, has resigned from Bankers Trust and is moving to Singapore to work for Bank of Boston, we hear. He is also the author of several books on China and was widely noted for his prediction that China
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        • 135 24 WHERE it used to dangle four Mercs as the grand prizes for its annual lucky draw. Standard Chartered Bank will this year give away a cool million bucks to the lucky winner. Millionaire hopefuls need to have deposits with StanChart, and topping up your account will
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        • 97 24 HLG Securities, the stockbroking arm of reclusive tycoon Quek Leng Chan, was shut down yesterday due to a fire in the building over the weekend. The brokerage, which is on the 21st floor of Wisma HLA, was not affected but the firm was said to be flooded
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        • 112 24 A LOT of people probably didn't notice. But the Indonesian market is actually one of the world's best performing stock markets this year. For the year-to-date ranking, the Jakarta Composite is the world's fifth best performer with a gain of 34.95 per cent from its bottom
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        • 149 24 HONGKONG'S Financial Secretary Donald Tsang is waxing lyrical about why Hongkong and the rest of Asia will bounce back. In his speech at the Credit Suisse First Boston investment conference last Friday, the financial supremo said he has no doubt that Asian markets will still be
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 297 25 Bridge News, Reuters THE rate on the key Panamax US Gulf-Japan run tumbled, as did time-charter rates from the area, with new cargoes scarce. The capesizes rate also remained very weak. The Baltic Freight Index dropped to 982.6 points under the previous low seen this year when 988
      Bridge News,; Reuters  -  297 words
    • 286 25 wmmmmwmm HmM It HI CWT Distribution 0.75 unch 16 Chuan Hup 0.54 -0.015 25 Cosco tovastmant 0.755 -0.015 75 FraifM unto ®34 -0.01 M CS MMMnqs 0.35 -0.03 59 Hal Sun Hup 0.635 -0.025 41 Hitachi Zosan 0.7* *0.02 1973 IMC Holding* MK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.62 Juronq
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    • 465 25 Sale of up to 12.4 m shares planned, amounting to over 14% of port operator Reuters [LONDON] The British government is to sell its stake worth around £70 million (*****.6 million) in port operator Mersey Docks and Harbour Co, which
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      121 25 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Marine Offshore Engineering (SMOE) said it has completed the fabrication of jackets and topsides for Maersk Oil Qatar. The platforms are currently being transported on barges to theAl Shaheen Field, off Qatar, where installation is scheduled to commence next month. The contract involves engineering, procurement,
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    • 450 25 Statement comes after USs3sm deal to buy 5 gas carriers Reuters [LONDON] Specialist shipowner MC Shipping Inc plans to make further ship acquisitions following completion last week of a US$35 million (5555.6 million) deal to buy five small liquid petroleum gas carriers.
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      72 25 [GLASGOW] Picture released by Greenpeace shows Greenpeace activists on Sunday, next to a protest banner which they unfolded onboard the Saga Wind cargo ship carrying ancient Canadian rainforest timber, in Greenock harbour outside Glasgow. Greenpeace said that "1,000-year-old trees have been destroyed and an entire eco-system put at
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    • 390 25  -  Firms said merger is dne to changes in cargo transportation By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Japan's largest shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) is taking over troubled fellow Japanese shipping company Showa Line. NYK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
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    • 196 25 AFP [TOKYO] US ratings agency Moody's Investors Service yesterday put Japan's top shipping operator Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) under review for possible downgrade. NYK. a century-old shipping company, said last Friday that it would absorb Japan's fifth largest shipping firm Showa Line Ltd,
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    • 114 25 AFP [YANGON] A Singapore-built wharf stretching 198 metres along the bank of the Yangon river at Kyaukktan township south of here has opened for business, a report said last Thursday. In addition to freight-han-dling work, the wharf will serve as a production complex for
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    • 836 26 CHINA TRADE Shipping Chinese goods out of mainland ports rather than HK is likely to be more cost-efficient says logistics firm Cargonews China European, North American and other overseas importers sourcing products in China should consider using new freight transport routing options. Specifically, they should
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    • 259 26 PAGE Dongnama 7 ACL 9 ECL 5 ANL 3 Ethiopian 6 Accord 8 Eurohans 6 Appenship 5 Evergreen 6 8 Astro 3 FoongSun 8 Austral 9 Clink 4 BSA 7 Gemartrans 8 Batamindo 7 Genshpg 9 Bayswater 8 H»i Sun Hup 8 B'tang
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      • 760 39 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Juronq Fort Aienasenwr I 02/98 J02 alongside 30.03/0#00 Asm Eipress 65 A J06 alongside 01.04/0700 Aulia Seraya 0898 J02 alongside 30.03/2000 441 J17 jkwxjiitf* 30.03/2300 Bt Ou main *****8 J01 alongside 31.03/0530 Bt Halomoan 2Mar98 J01 alongside 30.03/1600 Bt Ihl 11 *****8
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      • 1792 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklnq/Balanc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptriod From To From A(«0UI<0 ill* 02/1000 U 10/1400 30/1*59 10/1900 W II JO/WOO 10/1*5* 10/1*00 U 10/1700 31/0*5* 31/0*00 21 30/1700 31/0*5* 3V0*00 I 31/0700 31/115* 31/1*00 31/1200 31/145* 31/1700 Ml Mm 2*05
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      • 204 39 Apr 0 Hong Kong: Ching Ming Festival. Apr 7 Brunei: Harl Raya HaJiMalaysia: Harl Raya Httfi. Apr 0 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Mexico: Maundy Thursday. Apr 10 Australia: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Finland: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday.
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      • 916 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. *how* price r*nget In US dollar* mttead of tingle price* for a more comprehenalve description of the market Price* thown are bated on avera(*-*Ued item. Market movement* are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 453 40 Though industry faces challenge, recovery is seen once region stabilises AFP [MANILA) Travel executives in the Asia-Pacific region said yesterday they are facing their greatest challenge amid a regional financial crisis but remained confident of a recovery. Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata)
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      • 217 40 AFP [TOKYO] Europe's Airbus Industrie said yesterday the collapse in Asia's air traffic hit hard by the region's economic crisis was only a "temporary phenomenon" and would recover within two years. "Clearly, the rate of growth this year and next year
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      • 370 40 AFP [LIMA] At least 28 people were killed when a Peruvian Air Force plane on a civilian aid mission crashed between two shantytowns on Sunday in the northern city of Piura, President Alberto Fujimori said. Fifteen people survived the crash, the
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      • 308 40 Pilot decided to land in Wellington airport despite strong winds AFP [WELLINGTON) A terrifying landing by an Air Pacific Boeing 737 here is under investigation by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), a spokesman said yesterday. The flight from Nadi, Fiji, landed in
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    • 19 25 China ports have an edge It beats HK for cost-efficiency in shipment of goods, says logistics firm. Page 2
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